The end of her high-profile broadcasting career came too soon for TV journalist Alison Reynolds -- bounced off the air by executives who wanted a "younger face." With a divorce from her cheating husband of ten years also pending, there is nothing keeping her in L.A. any longer. Cut loose from her moorings, Ali is summoned back home to Sedona, Arizona, by the death of a childhood friend. Once there she seeks solace in the comforting rhythms of her parents' diner, the Sugarloaf Cafe, and launches an on-line blog as therapy for others who have been similarly cut loose.
Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, ZaritE -- known as TEtE -- is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Though her childhood is one of brutality and fear, TEtE finds solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in the voodoo loas she discovers through her fellow slaves.
Many of Ian Fleming's short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise, and included in this collection are such stories as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, and For Your Eyes Only. The title story, Quantum of Solace, lends its name to the upcoming James Bond film, slated to release in Fall 2008. This collection will be published to coincide with the film's release, as well as to continue Penguin's centenary celebrations of Fleming's birth.
We’re born so pure. But along the way, many of us fray. Some of us stay frayed; others break. Some then stay broken; while the fortunate heal. But how can more of us heal? Inside this book are 30 brave stories written by people who know that you may very well go through what they’ve gone through. Maybe you already have. In these stories, they hope you find solace, hope, inspiration, a friend. These stories are a gift. Please share them. – Mark & Gavin
Does Anything Eat Shit?: And 101 Other Stupid Questions
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This is a bible for all those people who feel lost and trapped in a world where there is too much certainty and not enough nonsense. I don't claim to have all the answers, but I hope you find some solace and the occasional titter in the ones that I have provided.
